Chris Harris Drives The AMG One | Top Gear Series 33

From Top Gear Series 33: To explain just how complicated this car is: at the AMG One’s heart sits a 1.6-litre single turbocharged V6. The turbo is effectively split between the intake and exhaust and this allows a 121bhp electric motor to sit between input and output. On the back of the internal combustion engine, which produces 566bhp, is a bigger 161bhp electric motor and these both drive the rear axle. Each of the front wheels has a 161bhp electric motor, peak power is a claimed 1,049bhp and no torque figure has been published because it is too difficult to calculate… but can an F1 engine really work in a road car? Well, Chris Harris went to the Nürburgring to find out. You might want subtitles for this one…

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[Cuseball]

Just think they’ve been developing and engineering this thing for 7+ years and it’s still not quite right. Crazy

[ElyciusM]

I will say, when he put it in strat 2 it looked absolutely astonishing

[rlb]

Chris couldn't hide his skepticism driving this one.

[worstmate]

Hats off to Merc for having the balls to let TG get their hands on it while still in development!

[UnbiasedBoss]

Chris:" nothing revs to 11!"
Gordon Murray: "hold my 4 litre v12 11k RPM naturally aspirated cosworth engine"

[johnwilliams]

Imagine the running costs for something like this when its 20 years old. You will need a team of engineers.

[surajrs]

This is going to be in the shop more than the owner's garage. Such a delicate thing. I can't imagine an owner hitting 30k miles in the next 20 years, but it is astonishing

[Vyzard]

5:46 That mode change was epic, can't wait to see it tested on the road with other formula 1 cars. With the fire brigade on standby of course

[fuzzynutter]

Ferrari more or less done this concept 30 years ago with the F50, a road car with a F1-derived engine and which was "bolted" directly to the chassis similar to racing cars like F1 and sports-prototypes for example. And 25 years ago Mercedes went one better than the One with the CLK-GTR, a pure bred racing car you could drive on the road. And although they never made production, there was the Yamaha OX-99 and Jiotto Capita way back in 1989, probably the first road cars to have F1 engines?

[ebenezerd.]

5:48 is the coldest moment and stance in must say🤯

[dlygrind]

Some gorgeous shots in this! Such a cool car. Seeing it in motion is everything. GO LEWIS!

[jackgotspeed]

The check engine light was all I needed to see.

[CharlieBeveridge]

Only Merc thought this cars PU was a good idea. Fair play for trying. Sadly they will all sit unused in collections.

[rhinoTube]

Looks about as good as Merc's F1 cars in the past two years

[lelu]

Cinematic expirience of this video is a treat on it's own. Awesome work!

[atticusbastow]

Harris is the best there is. Always so exciting to see him take on the big stuff.
Though I am still perplexed as to why they haven't put him in a full Formula D spec drift car yet!

[srinitaaigaura]

Merc could have developed a proper road going V6 from scratch with the same hybrid architecture and got all the benefits of the super efficient hybrid tech without going through the nightmare of turning an actual F1 power unit road legal, plus a V6 for their future cars, but then it probably wouldn't be this crazy either. An engineer's wet dream and ultimate nightmare in one.

[ziaakbar]

Chris Harris is one of the all time greats when it comes to motoring

[SmallBlogV]

It's amazing that this exists... and yet also a demonstration of why nobody else has done it.

[Corndog]

I love that they tried to take this engineering challenge on, even if it proves to be not currently possible. Taming an F1 engine for the road has got to be a nightmare.